Baker v Police - [1997] 2 NZLR 467

Criminal law — Offences — Assault on a police constable acting in the execution of his duty — Police constable ordered to leave property by defendant then invited back onto property by defendant's wife — Constable then assaulted by defendant — Whether, in entering property at the wife's request the constable was acting in the execution of his duty — Whether the constable was entitled to enter the property to prevent a breach of the peace — Summary Offences Act 1981, s 10.